Hillol Ray - in the Special Commemorative Edition of "500 Leaders of Science" Hillol Ray is no longer a stranger to South Asian Women's Forum (sawf) readers and ooops!!! he has done it again. Besides his global recognitions as the "Poet of Neuroscience", "Poet of Human Rights (HR)", and "Poet of Two Worlds - East and West", he is also a recognized (nationally and internationally) leader in the field of Science and Environmental Engineering. His thought provoking poems about humanitarian and environmental issues as well as technical articles are published from all over the world and they speak for themselves !!

Consequently, in a recent letter (dated June 21, 2002), regarding the PUBLICATION RELEASE, Mr. C.L. White, Managing Editor of American Biographical Institute, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina, announced and confirmed that Hillol Ray's Biography will appear in the upcoming Special Commemorative Edition of "500 Leaders of Science" and it will be distributed to public and private libraries throughout the world. According to Mr. White, the publication release date has been set for late Summer 2002.

On behalf of sawf.org, our congratulations go to Hillol Ray and we wish him the best on his continued achievements in the fields of Science and Poetry !!

During May 2002, Hillol received a prestigious Customer Service Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Dallas, Texas.